Equities / Sectors / Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
#7 by market capFood, beverages, household staples and discount retail. 133 US-listed equities across 12 industries; the sector accounts for 4.4% of tracked equity market cap and 3.4% of daily volume.
Market cap
$3.657T
+0.53%
$19.322B · 1D
Sector weight
4.4%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$748.62M
3.4% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$2.756T
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$122.908B
4.5% net margin
P/E (TTM)
29.7×
Market 30.5×
Dividend yield
2.5%
Market 1.3%
Employees
6.2M
Across 133 companies
Industry breakdown
Share of sector market cap · 12 industries
Concentration
Share of sector market cap by constituent
HHI index
963
Mega caps
5
Median cap
$2.497B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 29.7× · market 20×
P/S: 1.3× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 14.7× · market 12.9×
Operating margin: 7.5% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 2.5% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 2.7% P/E discount to the all-equities market.
Returns vs. market
Cap-weighted price return · spread in percentage points
| Period | Sector | Market | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | +0.53% | +0.84% | -0.31% |
| 1 week | -1.39% | +0.64% | -2.03% |
| 1 month | -3.62% | +1.36% | -4.98% |
| 3 months | -6.74% | +2.70% | -9.43% |
| Year to date | +0.64% | +12.65% | -12.01% |
| 1 year | +1.11% | +14.07% | -12.96% |
Constituents
133 equities
Walmart Inc. WMT · US | Discount Stores | $835.214B | 22.8% | $104.90 | +0.61% | -2.85% | -1.12% | $44.01M | 36.7× |
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST · US | Discount Stores | $409.482B | 11.2% | $923.34 | +0.29% | +0.06% | -0.55% | $51.47M | 46.3× |
The Coca-Cola Company KO · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $371.413B | 10.2% | $86.32 | +0.78% | -1.70% | -2.18% | $45.1M | 27.1× |
The Procter & Gamble Company PG · US | Household & Personal Products | $338.633B | 9.3% | $145.72 | +0.56% | -0.35% | -1.30% | $27.38M | 21.1× |
| Tobacco | $295.153B | 8.1% | $189.37 | +1.02% | -0.58% | +0.76% | $20.85M | 27.2× | |
PepsiCo, Inc. PEP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $171.256B | 4.7% | $125.30 | -0.47% | -2.59% | -10.83% | $32.22M | 19.6× |
Altria Group, Inc. MO · US | Tobacco | $113.159B | 3.1% | $67.77 | +0.62% | -1.53% | -2.57% | $17.89M | 14.2× |
Monster Beverage Corporation MNST · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $85.274B | 2.3% | $43.53 | +1.37% | +0.97% | -2.00% | $20.78M | 40.1× |
| Confectioners | $74.548B | 2% | $58.08 | -0.20% | -3.60% | -7.00% | $19.47M | 37.9× | |
Target Corp. TGT · US | Discount Stores | $69.575B | 1.9% | $153.19 | -1.80% | -2.71% | -6.23% | $28.97M | 20.2× |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL · US | Household & Personal Products | $68.326B | 1.9% | $85.71 | +1.72% | -0.41% | -4.87% | $24.47M | 33.5× |
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. KDP · US | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | $41.881B | 1.1% | $30.79 | +1.37% | -3.63% | -5.52% | $15.85M | 22.9× |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM · US | Farm Products | $40.024B | 1.1% | $83.05 | +3.23% | +2.38% | -2.73% | $10.37M | 22.6× |
JBS N.V. Class A Common Stock JBS · US | Packaged Foods | $39.288B | 1.1% | $11.95 | +2.36% | +3.28% | -11.74% | $47.23M | 35.3× |
Sysco Corp. SYY · US | Food Distribution | $36.739B | 1% | $76.69 | -1.04% | -2.26% | -6.20% | $6.7M | 30.5× |
The Kroger Co. KR · US | Grocery Stores | $36.161B | 1% | $58.65 | -0.64% | -0.15% | +0.74% | $11.79M | 34.3× |
| Household & Personal Products | $33.81B | 0.9% | $93.45 | +1.61% | -1.08% | -7.61% | $8.99M | 185.8× | |
Kenvue Inc. KVUE · US | Household & Personal Products | $33.234B | 0.9% | $17.31 | +0.64% | -2.75% | -9.51% | $9.29M | 20.5× |
The Hershey Company Common Stock HSY · US | Confectioners | $32.458B | 0.9% | $161.55 | +0.85% | -2.90% | -8.95% | $7.33M | 21.8× |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB · US | Household & Personal Products | $31.567B | 0.9% | $94.92 | +0.59% | -3.57% | -13.15% | $6.6M | 16.2× |
Dollar General Corp. DG · US | Discount Stores | $26.307B | 0.7% | $119.25 | +0.26% | -4.48% | -8.89% | $7.08M | 15.4× |
The Kraft Heinz Company KHC · US | Packaged Foods | $25.926B | 0.7% | $21.86 | -1.49% | -7.49% | -16.76% | $9.54M | -7.6× |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD · US | Household & Personal Products | $22.675B | 0.6% | $95.62 | +1.39% | -0.79% | -3.73% | $5.46M | 41.8× |
Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR · US | Discount Stores | $21.123B | 0.6% | $112.55 | +0.35% | -1.33% | -14.68% | $7.35M | 13.1× |
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD · US | Food Distribution | $20.795B | 0.6% | $96.14 | -0.80% | +3.01% | -8.26% | $7.15M | 28.6× |